American Torah Toons: 54 Illustrated Commentaries [Hardcover]

Lawrence Bush (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997

The Torah is alive in the twenty-first century. TT is an interpretation, an explanation, a midrosh through the mind of Lawrence Bush scholar, humorist, baby boomer, psychoanalyzed popculture politico graphic artist.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 119 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc. (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765759721
• ISBN-13: 978-0765759726
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,882,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give this to Jews with a sense of humor, November 24, 2002

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david marell (glenford, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Torah Toons: 54 Illustrated Commentaries (Hardcover)

The Torah is alive in the twenty-first century. TT is an interpretation, an explanation, a midrosh through the mind of Lawrence Bush scholar, humorist, baby boomer, psychoanalyzed popculture politico graphic artist.

Don't miss Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22 Little People of The Book: Curious George Goes to Shul!, Speak Yiddish, Amelia Bedelia! and The Cat on The Hat!

1.0 out of 5 stars Neither Torah nor toons, November 30, 2009

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M. D. Fine - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Torah Toons: 54 Illustrated Commentaries (Hardcover)

Aside from being deviod of any Torah content, the "toons" are not toons at all but rather a series of non sequitial collages that look like they were put together overnight. Actually, this book is so bad and anti-insightful I wish I could un-read it. One reviewer recommends to "give [this book] to Jews with a sense of humour," I think it is more appropriate for Jews with brain damage. In one chapter (Toldot) the author writes how he got "high with a little help from his friends". I believe it; he must have been high when he wrote this atrocity to art, Torah and anything decent.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book Sucks!, January 11, 2001

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[e-mail] (Waltham, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Torah Toons: 54 Illustrated Commentaries (Hardcover)

BS"D This book shows how very assimilated American Jews have become and how proud of it some of them are. It is heretical, uninformed, and an all around waste of money. Someone bought it for me not realizing what it was exactly and I ended up throwing it in the trash where it belongs.